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No; 28349. Patented Nov. 13, 1883.

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WILLIAM n. LANDFEAR, on BROOKLYN, NEW YORK...

LABELPRINTING AND PERFORATlNG MACHINE.

$PEOIFICAIIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 288,349, dated November 13, 1883.

1 Application filed April 7,1883. (No modeL) To all whom; it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, VILLIAMR. LANDFEAR,

of the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Label Printing and Perforating Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to machines for producing strips with labels printed on them in gold and acolor or colors, andfrom which the labels are subsequently out or punched by a second machine; and the object of my in vcntion is to provide a very effective machine for applying the gold-size and gold-powder, for brushing off the surplus powder, for printing in a color or colors without the liability of any deposit of bronze on that printing, and q for perforating or cutting holes in the strip to receive theregister-pins in the machine wherei in the labels'are punched or cut from the strip,

but Without, however, wholly removing from the holes the portions cut out, so that they r i will not fall into and become mixed with the impression-cylinder provided with punches and dies adapted to, cut a series of holes in the strip without entirelyfreeing the paper from such holes. y

a The invention also consists in a novel conthey are enabled to perforate the strip with- The invention also consists in the combina tion, with an impression-cylinder and two printing-cylinders, oneof whichprints the la- 1 4 bels ingold-size, of an apparatus for applying bronze-powder, interposed between the two printing cylinders, and serving to apply bronze-powder to the impressions printed in gold-size and before the strips are printed in color.

The invention also consists in the combination, in a printing-machine of the kind de- 1 scribed, of side frames and stretchers connecting them, shafts journaled insaid sideframes and projecting beyond the frame at one end, an impression-cylinder and two printing-c 1 inders secured upon the projecting portions of said shafts and outside the frame, and a printing cylinders, and serving toapply bronze-powder to the impressions printed in gold-size and before they are printed in color. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an end elevation of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, a portion of the bronzing apparatus being shown insection. Fig. 3 is a detailsectional View of a portion of the impression-cylinder and oneof the printing-cylinders on a larger scale. Fig. 4-is a perspective view of one of the dies detached from the cylinder, and Fig.

bronzing apparatus interposed between said 5 is aportion of one of the label-strips after printing. Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures. a

A A designate the two side frames of the machine, which are connected by suitable stretchers, A. a 7

BO D designate three shafts which are journaled in the side frames, and which project at one end beyond the same; The shaft B as here shown constitutes the driving-shaft, and carries fast and loose pulleys B B over which a driving belt may run. Upon the shaft B is also mounted 'a spur-gear wheel, B and 011 the shafts G D are mounted pinions O D, which engage with the wheel B and receive motion therefrom. i

"Upon the projecting end of the shaft B, and

outside the side frame, A, is secured the impression-cylinder E, and in the same vertical plane therewith, and on the projecting ends of a are a number of printing-forms, a, which, as

here shown, consist of plugs inserted into the cylinder and secured by set-screws b, and each printing-cylinder is providedwith inking-r011 ers c c and any commonform of ink-fountain and doctor-rolls.

The entire inking apparatus is not shown,

as it is not thought necessary.

The strip of paper, d, to be printed is drawn from any suitable reel or drum, and passes over a guide, 6, and thence around the impression-cylinder E, where it receives first an impression of gold-size from the forms on the cylinder F, and finally an impression in color from 5 the forms on the cylinder G, after which it passes to a take-up roll or drum, f, (shown in Fig. 2.) After the strip passes the cylinder F, and before it reaches the cylinder G, it receives the bronze-powder. In the same vertical plane as the cylinders, and below the cylinder E, is a bronzing wheel or roll, H, which is mounted on a shaft, H, and which iscovered with felt or other soft material. The wheel or roll H is arranged in a powder box or casing, H, and is turned slowly and in contact with the strip d, to apply the powder to the impressions of gold-size made by the cylinder F. The wheel or roll derives motion from themain shaft B through a belt, 9, passinground a pulley, g, on the shaft H. r 7

Beyond the wheel or roll H are arranged a number of brushes, I, four being here shown. They are secured to shafts I, which are journaled in the side frames, A, and are rotated rapidly by a belt, I, which passesround a pulley, I, on the main shaft B, and embraces all the spindles and pulleys h with which they are provided. As the brushes I are rotated they remove all the surplus bronze-powder from the strip cl, and it is collected in the casingJ, which surrounds the brushes.

The printed labels are shown in Fig. 5 as well as they can be in black and white. The lines and letters are printed in one color, and the gold is represented by dots. I11 the strip dare represented a row of small holes, 01, which receivethe register-pins in the machine, whereby the labels are cut or punched from the strips, so as to insure the perfect register of the punches whereby the labels are out out with the impressions.

As shown in Fig. 5, the circles representing the holes 1' are not complete, and the break in the line indicates that the portion of paper out out is not entirely freed from the strip, but remains attached thereto. If the portions of paper cut out were entirely freed, they would drop into the bronze-powder, and might produce imperfect work by becoming stuck upon the labels. Theholes i are cut by punches j in the periphery of the printing-cylinder G, which operate in connection with the dies k, inserted in the periphery of the impressioncylinder E. As here represented, and as best shown in Fig. 3, the cylinder G has a rim or flange, G, and the punches j are screwed into said rim or flange from the inner side. face of each die is has in it a notch or depression, is, (shown in Fig. 4,) and by the action 60 of the punch the paper is cut, except over the The notch, andconsequently each piece of paper cut to form the hole is left attached bya portion equal to the width of the notch. The register-pins in the machine which is employed to punch or cut the labels from the strip will enter the holes 71 as well as if the paper were removed entirely from them in the act of piinching the holes, and the pieces of paper will not drop into the casing J and become mixed with the bronze-powder.

If desired, more than one color-printing cylinderG may be used, and, if so, the holes 2' will be punched by the last cylinder.

The arrangement of the bronzing apparatus between the printing cylinders which 75 print in gold-size and in color is very desirable, because there is no liability of the bronzepowder being deposited on the color-printing, as there would be if the powder'were applied after the printing in color and while the impressions in color were still damp.

WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, in amachine for printing and perforating strips of labels, of aprinting-cylinder and an impression-cylinder provided with punches and dies adapted tocut a series of holes in the strip without entirely freeing the paper out in forming the holes from the strip, substantially as and for the purpose described. I

2. The combination of the impression-cylinder E and the printing cylinder G, one provided with punches j and the other with dies it, having notches k in their faces, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination, in a machine for print-' ing labels in strips, with an impression-cylinder and two printing-cylinders, one of which for applying bronze-powder, interposed between the two printing-cylinders, and serving to apply powder to the impressions printed in gold-size and before the strip is printed in colors, substantially as specified.

4. The combination, in a machine for printing labels in strips, of side frames and stretchers connecting them, shafts journaled in said frames and projecting beyond the frame at one end, an impression-cylinder, and two 110 printing-cylinders secured upon the projecting portions of said shafts and outside the frame, one of said printing-cylinders serving to print in gold-size, and a bronzing apparatus interposed between the two printing-cyl- 5 inders, substantially as described.

WILLIAM R. LANDFEAR.

Vitn esses FREDK. HAYNES,

CHANDLER HALL.

prints the labels in gold-size, of an apparatus 

